Cuba

Cuba: dispelling the myths (Workers' Liberty London forum)

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Date: 
22 February, 2012 - 19:30 - 21:30
Location: 

The Lucas Arms, 245a Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8JR

Description: 

Facebook event here.

Much of the organised left, in Britain and worldwide, regards Cuba's government and society, created by the revolution of 1959, as socialist - not without flaws, but qualitatively different from the bureaucratic regimes which existed in the Soviet Union and still exist in states like China and North Korea.

Workers' Liberty disagrees. Cuba is not a flawed workers' regime in a difficult situation, but a consolidated system of class exploitation.

James Bloodworth (author of the Obliged to Offend blog) and Paul Hampton will lead a discussion on the character of the Cuban revolution and the state it created, and explain why from a Marxist point of view the regime led by Raul Castro can only be considered the exploiter and oppressor of the Cuban working class and people.

All welcome. Plenty of time for debate and discussion.

(Nearest tube and rail Kings Cross)

Some reading from Cuban Trotskyist Sam Farber is attached below.

"Comandante": film by Oliver Stone on Cuba, screening by London Socialist Film Co-op

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Date: 
11 June, 2006 - 12:30
Location: 

Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Square, London WC1

Description: 

COMANDANTE
Oliver Stone, Spain/USA, 2003, 99 minutes
In February 2002, the US film maker Oliver Stone gained unprecedented access to Fidel Castro for a one-to-one interview over three days. They dine at the Terraza restaurant, discussing among other things the Cuban missile crisis, the US embargo and Cuba's place in the world. Does Stone pose really awkward questions? He is taken by his subject's charisma and eloquence and gives a fascinating insight into the mind of the man who has defied the USA for so long.

Discussion led by Dr Francisco Dominguez, head of Centre for Brazilian and Latin American Studies at Middlesex University and an Executive member of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign; a visitor from Cuba is also expected.

Venue: Renoir Cinema. Tickets £6. Concessions £4.
Discount to annual members £1.
Doors open 10.30am. Screening starts 11.00am. Tickets at the door.

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COMANDANTE
Oliver Stone, Spain/USA, 2003, 99 minutes
In February 2002, the US film maker Oliver Stone gained unprecedented access to Fidel Castro for a one-to-one interview over three days. They dine at the Terraza restaurant, discussing among other things the Cuban missile crisis, the US embargo and Cuba's place in the world. Does Stone pose really awkward questions? He is taken by his subject's charisma and eloquence and gives a fascinating insight into the mind of the man who has defied the USA for so long.

Location:
Renoir Cinema, Brunswick Square, London WC1